Windrose
The windrose is used by meteorologist when graphing weather conditions and the wind speed and direction at a specific location. The different colored bands represent the wind ranges. The direction of the winds with the longest band shows the wind direction with the greatest frequency. Typically windroses will use 16 bands, each representing a different cardinal directions- but can be subdivided into as many as 32 directions. A practical application is the importance of a windrose when construction an airport runway, as wind speed and direction effects airplanes take-offs and landings.
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